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{{Infobox organization
| founded_date = 2006
| image = Imdea-general-positivo-ingles.png
| image_size = 250px
| location = [[Madrid]], [[Spain]]
| homepage      = [http://www.imdea.org/ www.imdea.org]
| key_people = * Dra. Irene de Bustamante ([https://water.imdea.org/researchers/dr-irene-de-bustamante-gutierrez/]) <br/>
* Prof. Guillermo Reglero Rada ([https://www.food.imdea.org/about-us/organization-and-management/executive-board IMDEA Food Institute])
* Dr. David Pedro Serrano Granados ([http://www.energy.imdea.org/people/researchers/dr-david-p-serrano IMDEA Energy Institute])
* Prof. José Manuel Torralba ([https://materials.imdea.org/people/jose-manuel-torralba/])
* Dr. Rodolfo Miranda ([http://nanociencia.imdea.org/home-en/people/item/rodolfo-miranda IMDEA Nanoscience Institute])
* [[Arturo Azcorra|Dr. Arturo Azcorra]] ([http://www.networks.imdea.org/people/dr-arturo-azcorra IMDEA Networks Institute])
* Dr. Manuel Carro ([http://www.software.imdea.org/people/manuel.carro/index.html IMDEA Software Institute])
|focus = Research
}}
'''IMDEA''' ({{IPA|es|inˈde.a}}) is a project founded by the [[Madrid]] [[Regional Government]], included in the ''IV Regional Plan of Scientific Research and Technological Innovation 2005-2008 (PRICIT)'',<ref>[http://www.madrimasd.org/queesmadrimasd/pricit/default.asp Madrid+d] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310194313/http://www.madrimasd.org/queesmadrimasd/pricit/default.asp |date=2012-03-10 }} IV Regional Plan of Scientific Research and Technological Innovation(PRICIT)</ref> for the purpose of setting up advanced research centers and higher education and training in the [[Community of Madrid]].<ref>[http://www.madridnetwork.org/Red_de_regiones_avanzadas/IMDEA Madrid Network] IMDEA Una forma nueva de hacer ciencia</ref><ref>[http://www.madrid.org/cs/Satellite?c=CM_Actualidad_FA&cid=1142593912403&language=es&pageid=1171014727331&pagename=PortalEducacion%2FCM_Actualidad_FA%2FEDUC_actualidad Madrid.org] Inversión de 14,4 millones en los ocho Imdea para fomentar la investigación científica</ref><ref>[http://www.abc.es/agencias/noticia.asp?noticia=380243 ABC.es] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012140642/http://www.abc.es/agencias/noticia.asp?noticia=380243 |date=2013-10-12 }} PP asegura que Madrid es la región que más fondos dedica a investigación</ref><ref>[http://www.diariomadrid.eu/__n1347363__Inversion_de_14_4_millones_en_los_ocho_Imdea_para_fomentar_la_investigacion_cientifica.html Diario Madrid] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120728000946/http://www.diariomadrid.eu/__n1347363__Inversion_de_14_4_millones_en_los_ocho_Imdea_para_fomentar_la_investigacion_cientifica.html |date=2012-07-28 }} Inversión de 14,4 millones en los ocho Imdea para fomentar la investigación científica</ref><ref>[http://www.lavozlibre.com/noticias/ampliar/67114/madrid-potencia-la-investigacion-cientifica-con-mas-de-14-millones-de-euros La Voz Libre] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310152157/http://www.lavozlibre.com/noticias/ampliar/67114/madrid-potencia-la-investigacion-cientifica-con-mas-de-14-millones-de-euros |date=2016-03-10 }} Madrid potencia la investigación científica con más de 14 millones de euros</ref> Between 2006 and 2008 the project created nine IMDEA Institutes of which two (Mathematics and Social Sciences) were closed.<ref>[http://www.madrid.org/esperanzaaguirre/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3005:aguirre-presenta-el-nuevo-instituto-madrileno-de-estudios-avanzados&catid=3:noticias-generales&Itemid=50 Madrid.org] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310185530/http://www.madrid.org/esperanzaaguirre/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3005:aguirre-presenta-el-nuevo-instituto-madrileno-de-estudios-avanzados&catid=3:noticias-generales&Itemid=50 |date=2016-03-10 }} Esperanza Aguirre presenta el nuevo Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados</ref>
== Organization ==
Each of the IMDEA Institutes is managed by an independent [[Foundation (non-profit)|foundation]]. There are currently seven, each specializing in an area of knowledge, as indicated by their names:
* [[IMDEA Water Institute]] combines knowledge from experimental, legal and [[social sciences]] as well as [[engineering]], to address a variety of water management concerns in the 21st century. Its research includes scientific and social aspects of water, including supply and demand; quality and quantity; physical, chemical and biological characteristics; time and space variability; [[drainage basin|watershed]] processes; and economic, ecological, and equity considerations.
* [[IMDEA Food Institute]] was initially set up to undertake research in food-related areas, such as [[nutrition]] and [[health]], or [[food quality]] and [[food safety|safety]]. By agreement from the Scientific Council, it has increasingly focused research on Nutritional Genomics.
* [[IMDEA Energy Institute]] was created to promote and undertake research and development in energy-related areas, principally [[renewable energy]] and clean [[energy technology|energy technologies]], with the aim of developing a [[sustainable energy]] system with little or no environmental impact.
* [[IMDEA Materials Institute]] brings together researchers from around the world to Madrid to conduct research in [[Materials Science]] and [[Engineering]]. The institute also focuses on [[technology transfer]] to the industrial sector in order to increase business competitiveness.
* [[IMDEA Nanoscience Institute]], created jointly by the Community of Madrid and the [[Spanish Ministry of Education and Science]], organizes research groups of scientists, both local and international, to advance [[Nanoscience]] and [[Nanotechnology]]. The Institute also provides scientific and technical training, and promotes technology transfer and the creation of businesses in Madrid and Spain.
* [[IMDEA Networks Institute]]'s researchers study the emergent properties of today's [[communication network]]s in order to be able to improve the [[algorithms]] and [[Communications protocol|protocols]] that allow these networks to operate. They create [[mathematical models]] and validate [[theories]] through [[simulations]] and measurements in test beds and/or real-world deployments.
* [[IMDEA Software Institute]] devises rigorous methods that allow cost-effective development of practical [[software]] products with high-quality, sophisticated functionality, i.e., safe, reliable, and efficient. The focus of the Institute includes all phases of the [[software development cycle]] ([[Requirements analysis|analysis]], [[design]], [[implementation]], [[validation and verification]]), as well as [[Software development methodology|methods]], [[languages]], and [[tools]].
Each of the Institutes is governed and administered by a Board of Trustees, who may be appointed or elected, and who choose a Director. Some of the trustees are well-known scientists, and others are experts in areas related to the foundations' goals, working at universities and other research centers on the Board.  Trustees with business experience or recognized professional prestige in the sectors related to the foundations' goals may also be appointed.
Each institute also has a Scientific Council, or Scientific Advisory Board, composed of researchers in the areas related to each Institute's goals. These scientists advise the Director in the development of the annual action plan and the four-year plan of objectives; evaluating the results of both of these plans; advising the Council on all scientific work submitted for its approval; and making proposals to the Council for the renewal and appointment of trustees.
== Closures ==
* IMDEA Mathematics and IMDEA Social sciences did not succeed in achieving the required expectations, in particular in respect to social impact and technology transfer, and were discontinued shortly after their creation. <ref>[https://www.revistadelibros.com/resenas/universidad-y-ciencia-en-espana-claves-de-un-fracaso-y-vias-de-solucion Revista de Libros] Universidad y Ciencia en España</ref><ref>[https://elpais.com/ccaa/2012/08/25/madrid/1345916341_871888.html El País] Un trasatlántico de la ciencia choca con la Comunidad.</ref>
== Controversies ==
== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.water.imdea.org/ IMDEA Water Institute]
* [http://www.food.imdea.org/ IMDEA Food Institute]
* [http://www.energy.imdea.org/ IMDEA Energy Institute]
* [http://www.materials.imdea.org/ IMDEA Materials Institute]
* [http://www.nanoscience.imdea.org/ IMDEA Nanoscience Institute]
* [http://www.networks.imdea.org/ IMDEA Networks Institute]
* [http://www.software.imdea.org/ IMDEA Software Institute]
* [http://www.networks.imdea.org/sites/default/files/pdf/site/publications/annual%20reports/Madrid-Institutes-for-Advanced-Studies-Report-2012-web.pdf Report of the Madrid Institutes for Advances Studies (IMDEA)]
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[[Category:Research institutes in the Community of Madrid]]
[[Category:Science and technology in Spain]]
[[Category:Non-profit organisations based in Spain]]